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(No' Modem' J. H. WHITT'LE CONDUCTOR POR ASHES. Y Y A No. 377,921. l lPaten-ted Feb. 14, 1888..

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JAMES! WHITTLE,OF'WORCSTai MASSACHUSETTS, Y

srncrrrcarrorvfonaingpart ofrettersfpatent No.' 377,921, dated February14,1888. i i I application' eied'peeemniie,issie;sealarasentir/.JN0meer.)

. 'To afZZ whom it may concern'.- v y.

j useful Improvements in Conductors for Ashes,

&c.; and I do hereby declare that the follow-v ingis afull, clear,andexact description thereof, which, in connection with vtherdrawingsmaking a part of this specification, .will enable oth- Av1/,zor'screenedl automatically .bysi-rnply, pouring theminto the receiver',Arequiring no additional devicevo'perated bythe attendant for that?purpose, ,thus savinglmuch'ti'meand unnecessary 55 y ofthe general.conductor pipe orchute with 6o 4which itislconnected;` and Fig. Zisasection on line a; w, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the,varrowsame igure, showing a planview ofthe bars or 'rodsgfor screeningthe ashes.;

In,y theaccompanyingdrawings, lis thegen-` 65 y eral conductor'pipeorchute, of any ordinary e ers skilled in theart to which my yinvention`belongs to make and use the same. .i My invention relates toconductorsfor ashes, Svc., which'are now generally employed in high 15buildings for receiving the ashes, 85e., onethe different floors.v ofthelbuilding andco/nductlng them through one general pipeorch ute. to

Y the basement of the..bnil`dingf,lwherea suitable receptacle isprovided to receive them.

My inventiou'more particularly. relatesto the receiverv provided at eachiloor, andwhich is connected with the general conductorpipe orchute, andintojwhich the ashes, Src., ,are

poured; and my invention; consistsin certain novelfeatures ofVconstruction ofthe receiver,

f asywill be hereinafter fully described.

The object of my .inventionis to provide a 1 receiver for the ashes,&c.,vconnected Iwith the general conductor pipe or chute, constructed insuch a manner that byf the'single operation of'pouring or'placing theashes intheupper e part of the receiver they will bethoroughly screenedor. sifted and thepieces of coal; or'r elinkers automatically separated-from :the

ashes proper, which Awill be delivered into the general conductor orchute and the pieces of coal or clinkers into a vremovable receptacleforming a part of said receiver. 1v II'a'lso provide my receiver withone'or'morefhinged or sliding doors or traps, to confine the dust causedby the pouring in of the ashes to the receiver, andto prevent the samefrom escaping into the general conductor or chute leading to thedifferent oors.

Heretofore, after the ashes have been poured into the receiver, in orderto sift` or screen them properly, a common form ofash-sifter orsomeother device operated by the attendant has been employed. Thisrequires time and labor. 'My improved receiver is so constructed thatthe ashes are thoroughly sifted construction, connectingthe'differenttloors of altmilding.v -r ,1., z 2 is the ash-receiver,preferabl'yunade in sub1- stantially the shape shown, and connectedv at7o its lower-.part with the conductocpipe 1,the

opening'jnto the conductor-pipe"beingclosed bymeansof a pivoted doorortrap, 3, provided with a handl e4, the posit-ion yof which handle.

is soy .arrangedthat the weightthereofwill 75 tend to .keep th,e do0r 3closed, as showniu 5.,

process of sifting the ashes, and alsoto prevent 8o theescape of anydust or, smell4 from thccon.- ductor-pipeinto the -receiver 2, V.andtherefore thedoorfwill always be closed-.exceptwheu 'it isv opened bytheattendant to allowthe sifted .ashes to Ypass from` the receiver intothecon; 85

doctor-pipe;

shape at itsA upper end andv provided with; a

. hinged cover,- 5. A Arpivoted dbor or trap,6,is preferably arranged inthe upperV party foffth 9o receiver 2 and provided with a handle, 7 thevposition of which handle isso arranged that the weight of said handlewill tend to keepA the door 6 closed. (See Fig. l.)

The ofce of the trap-door 6 is to separate 95 the top of the receiver,and the trap-door 6 10oy opened, allowing the ashes to pass from theupper part ofthe receiver into the lower part and to become screened orsifted in the act of passing, in the manner to be hereinafter described.Y

The lower part of the receiver 2 is divided by means of inclined bars orrods 8, having spaces between them and supported within the receiver,into two chambers-the chamber 9, for receiving the sifted ashes,provided with an inclined bottom, along which the ashes slide on theirpassage into the conductonpipe 1, and the chamber l0, for receiving thepieces of coal or clinkers separated from the ashes,and which in thisinstance is provided with a removable pan, 11, having a handle, 12, intowhich the pieces of coal, Svc., fall.

The inclined bars or rods 8, used as ascreen for sifting the ashes whichfall thereon, are in this instance made removable by having their upperends bent and tting into holes made in a shelf or projection, 13, formedwithin the receiver 2, and their lower ends lying in grooves or slotsmade in the upper edge of the division 14. v

The object of making the rods or bars 8 re movable is'that it may oftenbe desirable to pour things into the general conductor-pipe which do notrequire sifting or screening; or it may be desirable to vary the widthof the spaces between the bars or rods 8, forming the screen, to sifttine or coarse ashes.-

In lieu of the bars or rods 8, any ordinary form of wiremesh screen ornet may be used to screen or sift the ashes poured into the re ceiver.

The operation of my improved ashreceiver will be readily understood fromthe above description in connection with the drawings, and is asfollows: The trap-doors 3and 6 are closed, as shown by full lines, Fig.1, thehinged cover 5 is raised, and the ashes, &c., poured into theupper part of the receiver 2. The cover 5 is then closed, to prevent anydust, &c., from escaping from the receiver, and the trap-door 6, bymeans of the handle 7, is opened, as shown by dottedlines, Fig. 1, andthen closed. This causes the ashes to slide into the lower part of thereceiver and fall upon the inclined bars or rods 8, which act as ascreen and cause the tine ashes to be separated from the pieces of coaland to sift between the bars into the chamber 9, the inclined bottom ofwhich carries them toward the conductor-pipe 1 and against the trap-door8, which is then opened, allowing the sifted ashes to pass into theconductor-pipe 1. Said door 3 is then closed to prevent any dust orsmell escaping from the conductor pipe into the receiver. In themeantime the pieces of coal, &c., which are too large to pass betweenthe bars or rods 8, have slid down said bars into the pan 11 in thechamber 10 of the receiver. Said pan may beremoved at the pleasure ofthe attendant.

The advantages of myimproved ash-receiver will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art. I provide an ash-receiver simple in construction andeasily operated, and by means of which the ashes are thoroughly siftedand the pieces of coal automatically separated from the fine ashes.

I prefer to make use of the pivoted door or `trap 6 in the upper part ofthe ash-receiver 2 as an extra preventive for keeping the dust withinthe receiver and preventing it from escaping out of the top thereof; butsaid trapdoor may be dispensed with, if desired.

Instead of having the trap-doors 3 and 6 pivoted or hinged, they may bemade to slide or move in grooves in the receiver 2 in any ordinarymanner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a conductor, 1, of an ash-receiver, 2, providedwith a cover upon its upper open end, a trap-door, 6, in its upper part,a series of inclined rods or bars supported within the body of thereceiver, upon which the ashes fall to be screened, and an inclinedsurface leading from the lower end of said bars to the openingintotheconductor 1, along which the sifted ashes pass to enter saidconductor automatically upon the opening of the trap-door 3, and saidtrap-door 3, for closing the opening between the conductor and the ash-receiver, all constructed and arranged substantially as shown anddescribed.

2. In anash-receiver, aseries of inclined removable bars or rods,forming ascreen and dividing the receiver into two chambers, for thepurpose stated, and upon which the ashes fall, to be automaticallyscreened or sifted before passing out of said receiver, substantially asshown and described.

JAMES H. WHITTLE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, CLARENCE M. DIoKINsoN.

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